The park will have a double purpose - to extract minerals from underneath the currently disused land and create underground warehouse space, and to create an area for the public to use.

How the underground warehouse space will look (Image: Formal Investments)

Three million cubic metres of gravel will be extracted from underneath the park to create up to 177,500 square metres of warehouse space with a proportion of the gravel being distributed for use at other construction sites.

Work on the underground warehouse space is expected to take much longer, due to the 15 year process of extraction, construction and landscaping activity, despite this the first underground warehouse space is set to be open for businesses to use in 2022.

The large new public park, sited alongside The Parkway (A312) and Bath Road (A4), will provide much needed recreational space linking local communities.

It will include full size grass and all-weather football pitches, hockey and cricket pitches, plus a variety of other facilities alongside fields and tree-lined paths for walking, running and cycling.